Essays on Environmental Issues

The researchers of this article are M. Liu, S. Lu, Y. Song and L. Lei, all four of these researchers work at the the Schools Ecological and Environmental Sciences at East China Normal University in Shanghai, China. The corresponding author of this paper is D....

Climate change is strongly influencing agricultural production and cultivation practices of all major crops with various and heterogeneous effects, which critically depend on geographical areas. Among the climate variables that affect agricultural production, the rapid increase in CO2 levels and temperatures and the increasing frequency...

Situated at the most eastern point of the Caribbean, the island of Barbados has quickly become a hotspot for exploration. The small island is home to approximately 275, 300 inhabitants with an average of 518, 564 tourists arriving per year. As of 2010, Barbados has...

According to a study, the world’s 7. 6 billion people represent just 0. 01 percent of all living things. Yet, overpopulation, environmental accidents and global warming caused by this 0. 01 percent has adversely affected the environment. Hence, environmentalists and scientists are becoming more concerned...

Based on Waste Framework Directive 2008/98/EC provided by European Parliament and of the Council, waste definition is that “any substance or object which the holder discards or intends or is required to discard” [1]. In a similar manner, once a thing is seen as valueless,...

Truth 1: What is a fabulous drought? A fabulous drought is a step during which farmers are urgently ready for rainwater because the soils run dry. The rivers have low water levels and the vegetation turns its color from green to yellow during the period...

Early this year 2018, World Health Organization (WHO) has released an approximated figure of 250 000 additional deaths per year due to malnutrition, malaria, diarrhea and heat stress caused by climate change between 2030 and 2050 (1). Such acceleratingly adverse environmental trends together with other...